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COMMUNITY RULES

COMMUNITY RULES

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All rules are subject to change, however will be posted and documented in the discord until the website can be updated. Thank you for your consideration. ~Staff.

i. FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT

Crossroads is an all-inclusive roleplay community. We strive for a friendly environment for everyone to enjoy not only roleplay, but also, make friends and have fun as a community. As we build this server together, it is important to be respectful of others and be kind. At Crossroads, we have zero tolerance for any type of harassment. Any kind of trolling, griefing, sexual harassment, or otherwise toxic behavior will be dealt with accordingly by staff. Another item to be aware of, while we do not discipline discussion outside of our server, if there is an extreme case that requires further context for decision making of harassment and bullying on Crossroads, the staff reserves the right to use context from another server.

ii. ZERO TOLERANCE

Crossroads does not tolerate any type of harassment, including but not limited to sexism, racism, homophobia, bigotry, transphobia, sexual, or verbal. This policy also prohibits characters of any kind that are fetishistic or represent offensive racial stereotypes. Crossroads also does not permit lying to staff within your tickets.

Retaliation for a report is something the team takes very seriously. If you harass (directly or indirectly), penalize or attempt to retaliate in any other way against a person due to a player report or ticket outcome, the staff reserves the right to issue a strike.

iii. STRIVE FOR DRAMA FREE

Within any community there are bound to be clashes of character and issues to resolve. At Crossroads, we strive for a drama free community by encouraging our players to distance themselves when they can not find a way to reconcile. If a player feels like there will be a problem in the future, they should feel free to open a moderation ticket so that the situation is recorded and can be addressed before it escalates. Crossroads will not tolerate pitting players against one another or spreading malicious rumors of other players out of character.

iv. OOC IS SFW

Any NSFW conversations are prohibited in global chat and within the Crossroads discord. This policy is to make sure all of our players feel comfortable to discuss in our public, out of character channels. NSFW discussion should be kept to private chats or in the appropriate channel within the discord.

v. SENSITIVE CONTENT

Crossroads allows roleplay of dark and mature themes. We trust our players to handle these themes responsibly, however there are topics that are deemed sensitive by nature and must be approached with more care regarding those within the scene.

Sensitive topics on Crossroads include but are not limited to: Graphic scenes including large injury or torture, explicit sexual scenes, nonconsensual sex or rape, heavily described sexual scenes, or any combination of the above.

Ask for consent from people involved in a scene before threatening to engage in, discussing the occurrence of, or engaging with these themes in RP, especially sexual violence.

SENSITIVE CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
The following rules are for scenes that progress towards topics of sensitive content. Each player is required to follow the below:

• Consent rules need to be followed by all parties present.
• Characters involved in the scene must either:
• Move to a private location
• Attempt to go someplace that is secluded and not a primary place where other characters are expected to go. This is for cases when the parties involved do not wish to disclose where their base is located.
1. RP in an appropriate area for the scene topic. For example, you would torture someone in a dungeon, an infirmary would be appropriate for RP of graphic injuries, or a brothel for graphic sexual scenes, etc.

In addition, if you have POIs at your base that signify adult content takes place, you still must acquire consent from all parties involved in a scene that will contain sensitive content, and give them the opportunity to exit the scene.

POIs can easily be overlooked due to POI radius, lag, and other factors, and therefore do not serve as a replacement for consent. POIs can be used to inform players of the RP to expect in a particular location, such as brothels, bathhouses, dungeons, infirmaries, etc. as per the Sensitive Content rules, however, consent before conducting graphic or sensitive emotes must be acquired to allow people the opportunity to leave the space.

Public nudity is not permitted at Crossroads. It is expected the minimum amount of clothing worn by a character to be akin to underwear. Functionally, this means breasts, bottoms and genital areas be fully covered by underwear as a minimum requirement. Please also observe the rules about correctly displaying your equipped runes as found on the Equipment page as it pertains to appearance.

Consent sheets are accessible via RP profiles in RolePlay Redux to give people a chance to indicate what kind of RP interests them. Filling out these sheets is optional. THESE SHEETS DO NOT OVERRIDE THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN EXPLICIT CONSENT IN RP.

BYSTANDERS AND SENSITIVE CONTENT
If a character stumbles into a scene consisting of sensitive content and does not wish to participate because of the content, they are allowed to leave at their earliest availability. The player leaving the scene should communicate clearly the reason they are leaving the scene. As a courtesy, it is best to reserve sensitive RP discussion to lower ranged local channels (whisper or mumble).

Scenes Involving Sexual Assault
If a scene contains any form of Sexual Assault; or actions pertaining to force in a sexual manner. This scene may be roleplayed out between the set individuals with consent, but may not leave that original scene. This includes discussions of trauma, revenge, conversational mention, getting help, etc. At no point may discussion of said content leave the original participants of said scene.

Content revolving around Sexual Assault, suggested or otherwise, will not be permitted on Crossroads to be utilized either as a plot point, backstory, punishment, or vendetta to pursue someone upon. Any breach of the privacy of the original scene pertaining to this sort of roleplay will be addressed with immediate moderation up to and including a ban dependent on the context of the breach.

vi. BESTIALITY, PREGNANCY, & AGE ROLEPLAY

On Crossroads, pregnancy roleplay and underaged characters are prohibited. While we understand that players are capable of making responsible decisions regarding sensitive roleplay scenarios, the risk of server removal far outweighs the rewards of good behavior.

All characters on the server must be 20 years of age or older. Our reasoning for this is because we do not want characters who toe the line of consent. All elven and hengeyokai characters must be at least 100 years old.

Roleplay of the below sensitive content will be grounds for immediate ban without appeal:

• Using pregnancy as a consequence
• Abortion or fetal death which includes forced, accidental miscarriage, or consensual termination
• Child sacrifice is strictly prohibited
• Under Age roleplay is strictly forbidden. This is an 18+ server both in and out of character. Any characters found to look or act below adulthood will be addressed. This includes RP of child birth.
• Crossroads has ZERO tolerance of any presence of any characters under the age of 20 or players being under the age of 18.
• Any depiction of Bestiality and/or Zoophilia is prohibited.

vii. META-GAMING

Metagaming is defined as when a player uses information they gathered out of character to further their goals in character. This information would not be known to the character and acting on this information in character is prohibited.

There are two types of meta, hard and soft. Soft meta is when two players consent to the use of meta information, such as, deciding a meeting location or a piece of information about their character they wish to share. Both parties must consent to the use of soft meta.

Hard meta is OOC information that is used without consent. This type of meta is not allowed and will be addressed by staff. We encourage you to communicate clearly with the player you are roleplaying with so that there are no misunderstandings.

When going to a LFRP with an advertised number where combat may occur, you must meet the number and not exceed or outnumber it.

You may, however, outnumber with the express permission from the players, obtained via OOC Consent. This must be gained before you approach and interact with the LFRP.

Failure to do so will result in disciplinary for CR7: Metagaming.

viii. IC & OOC SEPARATION

It is important to keep in character actions and emotions in character. It is also important to keep player actions and emotions out of character. Targeting of players or bleeding IC with OOC or OOC with IC is not permitted.

Don’t forget that we are playing characters within a game. The characters are not the players themselves. If you don’t want to RP with another player, we ask you to communicate this with the other player instead of ignoring the conflict. If the issue escalates and you can’t communicate with the player yourself, please open up a moderation ticket.

ix. WHITELISTING

Every player is required to follow the whitelisting process written out within the Crossroads discord. Any players that have not been whitelisted and found outside of the spawn area, will be addressed and disciplinary actions taken against them upwards to immediate bans. Any players found to be handing out the whitelist passphrase to other players not whitelisted will also have disciplinary actions taken against them. The whitelist process is designed to check for lore accuracy and confirm that each player has read the rules and are ready to start their journey! Players are not allowed to have direct divine intervention from a deity in their backstory (i.e being related, contacted by a deity, saved or harmed directly by a deity). Players can have an agent or messenger of a deity intervene in their backstory. If your whitelist backstory has sensitive content in it (SA, underage violence, graphic depictions of torture), you must include a content warning at the beginning of the whitelist. After whitelisting, any and all changes (excluding hair style, makeup, and tattoos) require an appearance change ticket (Use the same type as your race falls under). If a player is found to be changing their appearance after being whitelisted, they will be addressed and disciplinary actions taken against them. AI Generated backstories are not allowed as part of the whitelisting process. If you are found to be using AI to write your backstory, you are subject to being denied or asked to rewrite the backstory with no generative AI.

While players are allowed to take minor influence for names and appearances. Players may not use copyrighted material or themes to create their characters and concepts. This includes backstorys, themes, cosplaying, etc. All writing and character story here on Crossroads must remain unique and your own.

x. ROLEPLAY ETIQUETTE

Collaborative roleplay is not about winning, but creating a story together. We encourage and request that each player is courteous and respects proper roleplay etiquette, especially in regard to PvP encounters.

Generative AI is banned as part of RP. If you are found to be using AI in roleplay to generate part or the entirety of your posts, you can be subject to disciplinary action. We do allow the use of non-generative AI tools like Grammarly for spelling and grammar help as the only exception.

Do not use AI to generate art of another player's character or DMNPC without getting express consent from the player or DM who plays the NPC.

Below is a list of 'good' etiquette in roleplay that should be used as a reference or guide for all encounters:

• Emoting into scenes upon approach
• Respecting the agency of other player characters
• Keeping OOC to a minimum

Examples of 'Good' Etiquette in PvP are as follows:
• Taking turns in a timely fashion
• Keeping up with and helping others with turn order
• Helping less experienced players if they have questions

xi. CONSENT AND CONSEQUENCE

The most important aspect of roleplay etiquette is consent and communication. Both are vital to success on the server. Crossroads provides two options to display your consent information. You can use the optional discord bot that has you enter detailed information about what you consent to in sensitive situations such as rape, enslavement, and torture. Also available, within your Shift+R menu under the bio tab, you can place your consent information.

If you find yourself in a position to employ consequences on a character, it is expected that you check their consent sheet AND open a channel of communication with the player to discuss Out of Character. You can find more in depth information on the Consequence Rules page.

xii. SOCIAL SKILL ROLLS

All social rolls must be responded to if they are targeting another player either via contested roll or RP emote. Self targeted rolls are not required to be responded to by the people around you. They do not guarantee a specific outcome regardless of the roll, but may only help your character reach the best outcome possible. Social rolls are not mind control or super powers, and you cannot force an outcome via social rolls.

View the Social Rolls Guide to see more information, examples, and common roll pairings.

xiii. ALWAYS IN CHARACTER

When you log into the server, your character is within the world of Faerun! No matter what is happening in a player's current roleplay, they are always in character. This provides an immersive environment for all.

xiv. STREAMING

To protect the privacy of our player base, deter from accidental metagaming, and potential public exposure to roleplay of mature themes. Streaming of server roleplay is prohibited. Streaming does not just pertain to YouTube or on Twitch, but ANY kind of streaming of the server live or recorded is not allowed.

Do not actively record voice chats in Crossroads official Discord servers without the consent of those being recorded.

xv. POWERGAMING

All forms of power-gaming are prohibited on Crossroads. Emotes against other players are considered attempts to allow the player to react appropriately. For example, “Jared attempts to grab Zane’s wrist.” vs “Jared grabbed Zane’s wrist.”. We are here to create an engaging and collaborative experience, not an environment of playing to win. Attempts at dominating a narrative are not acceptable.

Examples of power-gaming include but are not limited to:

• Emoting another players actions
• Forcing a scene without proper consent (Reference Consent Rules)
• Avoiding RP by not emoting when someone has spoken to your character

xvi. ROLEPLAY AVOIDANCE

RP avoidance is when a character intentionally leaves an area without responding or waiting for a reply from another player. Other examples of RP avoidance include leaving when a character approaches yours while beginning to type and leaving in the middle of a scene already underway. Leaving is not just walking away from a scene but also includes teleporting. RP avoidance is not allowed and we encourage players to communicate clearly with other players about the ongoing scene. The ONLY exception to RP Avoidance is if the scene consists of sensitive topics the player is uncomfortable roleplaying. See Bystanders and Sensitive Content Scenes rule above.

xvii. EXPLOITATION

Every system has its flaws and bugs; Crossroads and Conan are no different. As a team we work hard to resolve any bugs, continually balance the system, and provide a fun, engaging environment. Any intentional exploitation of the systems in place, Crossroads or Conan, is strictly prohibited.

Examples of system abuse include but are not limited to: intentionally glitching your character into a space you normally can’t reach, exploiting RPR bugs to gain advantage over other characters, admin shopping, pretending to be another player's character, etc.

EE Packing is strictly forbidden in use, as it bypasses our BP and placeables, thus does it fall under Exploitation.

Discord plug-ins that allow you to bypass role permissions and see all channels are not allowed and are considered Exploitation.

xviii. RULE LAWYERING

If you witness or need clarification on if a rule was broken, we ask that you create a ticket for the moderation team to clarify. Rule lawyering another player is not permitted and can quickly lead to OOC conflict and toxicity. We encourage everyone to consider the spirit of the rules rather than focusing on technicalities.

xix. LORE ACCURATE

On Crossroads, we create an environment that is realistic and lore accurate to the Forgotten Realms setting. We ask that each player reads through their race, class, and the setting information to be able to accurately portray the time period. We also ask that you refrain from meme roleplay and real world references.

Characters are not superheroes, and as such cannot easily perform feats which are unrealistic for their character to perform. This also extends to incredibly rare concepts; any 'special' character circumstances must be discussed with and approved by staff. This includes, but is not limited to, special backstories which have exceptional or rare roleplay implications, or exceedingly uncommon characters.

xx. CATCH ALL

XXA:
It is impossible to foresee all issues that could come up within the server. If a violation is covered under the ethos of a rule; but that specific situation is not explicitly outlined; the moderation team may invoke this rule in accompaniment with the rule it touches upon. This serves to indicate that the infraction is serious enough to be considered a rule break for the purposes of moderation.
XXB:
Sometimes players may do something that is not breaking the rules, but goes against the principles of the server. In these cases, the Admin team will come together and decide on next steps for the situation based on the offense taken. A greater majority or unanimous vote from the Administrators and Coordinators will decide the outcome. This rule may also result in an addition to the Crossroads ruleset and if so, the change will be made clear and communicated to the player base.

xxi. Storage Rule

All RPR Items, Resources, and coin; must be stored either on your person or in a container that is able to be lock picked or accessed by players outside of the clan for infiltration purposes. Any utilisation of storage that does not fit these guidelines will be subject to disciplinary action.

xxii. PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY

The staff team is held to all rules at a higher standard. It is staff's responsibility to not only operate the server and guide its direction, but also to serve as the pillars of our community. If any staff is witnessed breaking the rules intentionally, an admin ticket should be opened with proof of the infraction without fear of any reprisal.

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DISCORD RULES

DISCORD RULES

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i. DOUBLE COUNTER VERIFICATION

Entry into the Crossroads official discord will prompt for an account verification through Double Counter. A private direct message will be sent to you via the bot. Follow the guidelines in the message, and you will be automatically given the verified role, allowing access to more channels. If Double Counter is proving difficult, or you are barred entry due to a VPN or shared IP, please open up a corresponding ticket and staff will assist you right away.

ii. ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE DISCORD.

If it comes to staff's attention that you have multiple accounts in the Discord, --both of them will be promptly banned.

iii. DISCORD SERVER PROMOTING

DO NOT promote other Conan RP Discord servers in any channel. It will be immediately deleted, and a strike/warning will be issued. This is to discourage 'fishing' of members. There are more official servers/mod servers where linking of discords is more appropriate.

• Linking of personal/professional/gaming discords unrelated to Conan specifically is allowed in appropriate channels only. If you are uncertain, please open up a ticket for discussions with staff.

iv. LANGUAGE

The primary language of this server is ENGLISH. Rules, and information will be posted in english, as well as communication from members or staff. We do not discourage those who are bi-lingual, however all posts in the discord should be kept to English for the sake of monitoring.

v. SPAM IN ANY FORM IS PROHIBITED

Rapid fire posting, as well as spamming emotes/stickers/gifs etc will be flagged by the bot. If it is discovered that the spam is deliberate, a warning/strike will be issued by staff. Multiple instances or non-compliance will result in muting on discord or even further actions.

vi. APPROPRIATE TOPICS

Controversial topics and media are absolutely prohibited. Topics including; politics, religion, body autonomy, extreme gore and otherwise possible disruptive or inflammatory themes. Under no circumstances are these topics allowed to be discussed/debated in any of the discord channels. To be found doing so will immediately lead to a warning/strike and staff intervention.

vii. BLOCKED WORDS

Certain words or terms will be blocked and monitored. Using similar 'phrases' to imply these blocked words is not allowed and anyone caught doing so will receive a warning/strike. A list will not be provided for comfortability of players viewing this ruleset.

viii. DO NOT PING/DM STAFF

Do not ping staff, members of the modding community or individuals you don't know without conversational context. Use of the reply function is considered conversational context.

Without Explicit Permission/Reason to do so, DO NOT ping or privately message any staff member. Especially in any public channel. Permission can be granted under specific circumstances, commonly seen in tickets. Only under those guidelines will players be allowed to do so.

Do not ping modders. Modders on our server are considered normal players. Anything in regards to these mods should go through the proper channels of their discords or steam.

ix. NO NSFW CONTENT

NSFW content will NOT be allowed on the official discord for Crossroads. Any innapropriate content will be deleted and the player in question will be given further consequence depending on level of infraction.

x. DO NOT SEND UNSOLICITED MESSAGES

Do not send unsolicted messages to any member of the community unless invited to do so. Players are encouraged to open tickets regarding poor etiquette concerning this rule. Any person found sending unwanted messages to another player will be brought into a ticket for consequence.

xi. DISCORD TERMS OF SERVICE

Discord's TOS are clearly written, which you agreed to upon creating an account. With that in mind, if you are unfamiliar with the TOS of Discord, please read them here. You can read Discord's guidelines here.

XII. Art Theft

Crossroads takes art theft seriously. If you are found to be posting stolen or traced artwork without appropriate credit of the original artist you will be subject to disciplinary action.